Cloud computing encompasses everything from Google Apps to data center services to virtualization to software-, infrastructure- and platform-as-a service. Key players include IBM, HPE, Google, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, Salesforce, NetSuite and VMware.
Google's cloud data warehouse service to be deployed across the globe; its GIS features reach the beta milestone.
Microsoft's CDM is the linchpin for the recently announced Open Data Initiative and likely even more Microsoft products in the future.
Microsoft is stepping up its government cloud campaigning just ahead of the closing of the bids for the Pentagon's $10 billion, winner-take-all JEDI cloud contract.
The company said the latest update is focused on securing business applications in the cloud and protecting the cloud infrastructure they rely on.
Google won't bid for the Department of Defense's massive cloud contract because it could conflict with its AI principles against developing weapons.
Grab will adopt Microsoft Azure as its preferred cloud platform and Microsoft will make a strategic investment in Grab.
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Microsoft has been staffing up its quantum computing project with a number of former Qualcomm engineers and managers.
Microsoft's 'Project xCloud' game streaming service won't be available to external testers until 2019. But the company is already running the service on Azure internally.
Redis put some of the program's code under the anti-open-source Common Clause license. Now, developers are counterattacking by forking the code.
While SAP's data portfolio has been available in the cloud for some time, it is now making serious moves to make SAP HANA, data integration, and analytic platforms cloud native. The question is how SAP will harmonize the experiences of on premise and cloud for a customer base that will keep their feet planted in both worlds.
After 18 months of testing, the IBM Food Trust blockchain network is commercial available. Carrefour adds scale and the pricing ranges from $100 a month to $10,000 a month depending on size of the enterprise.
Parkinson's UK is using cloud-based data warehousing to support changes that put better use of information at the heart of its processes.
Red Hat is adding Ansible DevOps capabilities to its Red Hat Satellite system management program.
How this merger raises the bar in the big data space.
The two foundational Hadoop companies announce their intention to merge. Is it a whole greater than the sum of parts, or a shotgun wedding? And what's the combined company going to be called?
Survey Monkey has released its list of the most popular downloaded apps in the US on iOS and Android for the first six months of 2016. Pokemon Go was released in July so did not make it here.
IBM is betting that its cloudMatrix software will enable it to make a pivot from a systems integrator to a services integrator.
At about 50 miles from the Arctic Circle, the frequent -25C (-13F) winter temperatures make the question of how to keep equipment racks cool less of an issue for the Hydro 66 datacenter.
From hack attacks to the king of Macs, we learned some pretty deep truths in 2015
From Anthony Weiner-style pics to simply hitting the caps-lock key at the wrong time, these communication blunders could cost you big.
Which apps are key if you move to a location far, far away from your employer's central office?
With digital transformation at the top of the agenda for many organizations, the winds of change are in the air in tech departments. Here are some vital currents in the industry that IT leaders should keep in mind this year.
With the 2016 Presidential election season right around the corner, 16 Republican hopefuls have launched their campaigns, and their Web sites. In this gallery, ZDNet's David Gewirtz explores the candidates sites (and their chances).
Earlier this month, New Horizons joined the US space agency's many dozens of other far-flung unmanned probes that are already gathering a combined 30 terabytes of data daily from the near and far reaches of our solar system.
Here's a quick tour of the official Office 2016 release for the Mac, now available to Office 365 subscribers.
Amazon, the retail and cloud giant, is twenty-years old . But, before it became the powerhouse it is today it had its ups and downs. Here are some of the company's best, and worst, historic moments
These are the people who have been driving the open-source technology powering today's business world.
After waiting more than four months since placing his order, David Gewirtz finally got his Echo. Want to see what comes in the box? Click on in.
Managed cloud firm Rackspace says the design and technology in its latest datacenter could slice as much as 80 percent off energy overheads compared with typical builds.
A new open-source license addendum, Commons Clause, has lawyers, developers, businesses, and open-source supporters fighting with each other.
Macquarie Telecom has announced datacentre capacity expansions, as well as government cloud and cybersecurity growth to the tune of an additional AU$1.5 million in opex. Read more: https://zd.net/2MV97mj
Honeywell is working with robotics researchers at Carnegie Mellon University to develop new technologies for distribution centers. Read more: https://zd.net/2LBxdxz
CTO Andy Shin of sneaker marketplace GOAT explains how the company is using machine learning to verify the authenticity of sneakers as well as data science and the Internet of things.
Macquarie Telecom has said it will be expanding its Macquarie Park Intellicentre in a staged process, with the first part to cost between AU$75 million and AU$85 million in capex during 2019. Read more: https://zd.net/2KxtPDs
Microsoft's cloud growth is outpacing AWS but it is still way behind the top dog of cloud infrastructure.
Microsoft's latest financial results show that it is now bigger than IBM has ever been -- but Google got there first.
A team of researchers found flaws in several popular smart security cameras, including those developed by Swann, that allowed anyone with little effort to access any user's device. Read more: https://zd.net/2mLgOg4
Marc Fiume, CEO of DNAstack, explains why housing biomedical data on premise can be a burden for research institutions.
Credit Karma CTO Ryan Graciano explains how the business has used Google Cloud Platform resources to quickly build new products.
Here's a look at how Fortnite approaches analytics and cloud computing.
Mark Geremia of Nuance Communications and Chief Joseph Solomon of the Methuen, Mass. Police Department explain how first responders use tools like voice recognition to help with everything from paperwork to potentially preventing police ambushes.
Intuit said it has sold its largest data center to H5 Data Centers as it aims to speed up its move to the cloud. Read more: https://zd.net/2Lte3Ld
Well, you didn't think Walmart was going to partner with Amazon Web Services did you?
In a homecoming of sorts, cloud data warehouse pure-play Snowflake's product is no longer an AWS exclusive
Microsoft's cloud-based systems management service makes life simple for SMEs. There's no need for additional infrastructure, and complex tools can be wrapped in a way that makes them accessible even for part-time IT professionals.
A rapidly maturing cloud-based office suite, Zoho Business is a good choice for small organisations looking for an online alternative to Microsoft Office. However, there's still room for improvement.
As an occasional extra for users of Microsoft's desktop Office 2010 suite, Office Web Apps is just about acceptable. However, it requires further development if it's to become a workable standalone solution.
Fast deployment, browser-based management and the ability to protect any internet-connected Windows PC are the key selling points of this revamped hosted security service. It's Windows only and has one or two rough edges, but compares well with other small-business solutions.
<p> These days, there's increasingly little reason to use a traditional locally installed office suite. <a href="http://reviews.zdnet.co.uk/software/productivity/0,1000001108,39284890,00.htm">Google Docs</a> and <a href="http://reviews.zdnet.co.uk/software/productivity/0,1000001108,39284434,00.htm">Zoho</a>, for example, are both free and well-featured web-based suites — and both can be used offline, thanks to <a href="http://gears.google.com/">Google Gears</a>. Zoho is the most comprehensive suite of web-based applications for small businesses, and its flagship <a href="http://writer.zoho.com/home?serviceurl=%2Findex.do">word processor</a> recently received a major interface overhaul in its 2.0 incarnation. </p>
Google Docs is a fantastic free online application that offers some exciting features. However, by virtue of being an online application, users with a slow connection will experience lag, and Docs still doesn't contain enough functionality to be a replacement for today's mainstay office suites in most businesses.
<p> Over the past couple of years, AdventNet has launched a range of online applications and utilities, nearly all with APIs, under the <a href="http://www.zoho.com/">Zoho</a> banner. The company is steadily improving its large range of online products, making them a intriguing alternative to <a href="http://reviews.zdnet.co.uk/software/productivity/0,1000001108,39286797,00.htm">Google Apps</a> on the one hand and <a href="http://reviews.zdnet.co.uk/software/productivity/0,1000001108,39285683,00.htm">Microsoft Office</a> on the other. </p>
If you live in one of the many (mainly rural) parts of the country marked ‘here be no terrestrial broadband’ on the map, and you’re frustrated by that, then you’re likely to be interested in SatDrive from Interactive Satellite Services. Launched in September this year, the £14.99 a month SatDrive is a one-way service that provides download speeds of up to 4Mbps via a satellite link, but relies on a conventional upload link, or ‘back channel’, using a dial-up modem or ISDN connection. This makes it much cheaper than two-way satellite services such as BTopenworld’s Business 500, although it does mean that your Internet connection is severely asymmetric, will generally require a dedicated phone line, and isn’t ‘always on’ in the conventional sense.
OmniSky International, a partnership between US-based OmniSky Corporation and News International, will shortly launch its integrated wireless email and Web browsing service across Europe. In the UK, the company has been running a beta trial using Handspring's Visor and VisorPhone GSM add-on since February, and ZDNet UK has been evaluating the service on this platform for a month now. We have been impressed with OmniSky's usability, range of optimised content and, to a lesser extent, speed (it currently runs on a 9.6Kbit/s GSM network). You can still sign up for the beta program, and OmniSky is running a special introductory offer comprising a Visor Platinum, VisorPhone and three months' free service for £199 (ex. VAT).
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